Tool for decorating crockery



Mb. 2w, W23. 7 11,445,627 H. KISSNER ET AL TOOL FOR DECORATING CROCKERY Filed Feb. 6, 1922 Patented Feb. Lilli, llb23.

HYMAN KISSNER AND DAVID 'IEULUIW, 0F YOEtK', N. Y.

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Application filed. February 6,1922. fierialiliio. 534:,406.

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Be it known that we, HYMAN. Kissivnn, a citizen of the United States, and DAVID BL'UM. a citizen of: Russia, both residing at New York. in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tools for Decorating Crockery, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Our invention relates to the art of decorating crockery, such as dishes, pottery, china ware, etc, and has particular reference to applying a repeating design in a circular or curvilinear form, as, for instance. around the edge of a plate or other dish having a circular outline.

An object of our invention is to provide a tool for this purpose by means of which the design can. be readily and accurately ap plied in a curvilinear path. Other objects and advantages will appear from the following description. In ordinary commercial practice designs are usually applied by a suitable stamp, after which the article is subjected to heat to fix the color and design. In the case of a design of curvilinear form, the stamps are generally arcuate in shape and the whole design is built up by successive applications of the stamp.

In accordance with our invention the design is formed on the face of a roller or bevelled to such an angle that the face will roll in the desired curvilinear path and apply the design without slipping either at its outer or inner edge. Preferably the composition of the backing for the design is soft rubber or other yieldable or resilient material, and the angle of the bevel may be varied within limits by exerting an added pressure either on the outer or inner edge of the face as it rolls around, thereby varying the diameter of the circle which the face describes or enabling the operator to depart from a true circular path. The angle of the bevel will be determined largely by the size of the circle.

Our invention also comprehends other features as will hereinafter more fully ap pear. We shall now describe the illustrated embodiment of our invention and shall thereafter point out our invention in claims. I? ig. l is an edge elevation, partially in sectioinuof a tool embodying our invention, showing it in. operating position on a piece of crockery, a portion of which is shown in section. i

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the tool.

In the form illustrated a soft rubber ring 1 is mounted on a suitable metallic hub member which is composed of two discs 2 and 3, each having a hub portion at its center and flanged outwardly at its periphery so that the two when joined form a rim within which the ring 1 is clamped. A handle 4 is bifurcated to straddle the wheel and is joined to the wheel by a stud or bolt 5 which passes through the axis of the hub member and holesin the ends of the arms of the handle on opposite sides of the hub. The bolt or stud 5 serves to clamp the two discs 2 and 3 together.

The ring 1 has itsperipheral face 6 bevelled to the desired angle and the design which is to be transferred is formed on this bevel face. Usually it is more satisfactory to form the design on a separate strip 7 and apply this strip to the bevel face,'as by a suitable adhesive.

The manner of applying the design to the edge of a dish 8 is illustrated in Fig. 1. Having selected a tool of the right bevel, the operator, after getting a suitable deposit of color on the design face, merely rollsthe wheel around the edge of the dish. If it takes-more than one complete rotation of the wheel to go completely around the dish, the operator has only to re-color the design face and continue the transfer of the design from the stopping point to the starting point. Since the circle described is the normal path of the wheel face, it is evident that there is no slippage or smudging of the design.

For different size dishes it is a simple matter to dismantle the tool by taking out the stud 5 and apply different rings 1 to the same wheel, although there is slight expense involved in keeping a complete stock of all necessary wheels on hand.

It is obvious that various modifications may be made in the construction shown in the drawings and above particularly described within the principle and scope of our invention.

We claim:

1. A tool for decorating crockery comprising a wheel of resilient material having a bevel peripheral face, a separate design strip secured on the bevel face, and a suitable mounting-for the Wheel for operating the same.

:2. A tool for decorating crockery comprising a hub member, a rubber annulus on the hub member having a bevel peripheral face, a separate design strip secured on the bevel face, and suitable operating means rotatively engaging the hub member.

3. A tool for decorating crockery comprising a hub member of non-yielding material and having its periphery shaped to form a rim, a soft rubber annulus on the rim having a bevel face, a separate design strip secured on the bevel face, and suitable opera-ting,- means rotatively engaging the hub member.

4. A tool for decorating crockery comprising a hub member of non-yielding material and having its periphery shaped to form a rim, a soft rubber annulus on the rim having a bevel face, a design applying strip secured on the bevel face, and a handle rotatively engaging the hub member.

In witness whereof, we hereunto subscribe our signatures.

HYMAN KISSNER. DAVID BLUM. 

